Heel-attaching device



Jl me 5, 1923.

J. F. HIGGINS HEEL ATTACHING DEVICE Filed March 5, 1920 nvewtoz I Jose F'Hrggin; :81 M mime; tp

J Patented June 5, 1923.

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'HEEL-ATTACHING DEVICE.

Application iiled llarch'li, 1920. Beriallo. 868,443.

'. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. HIGGINS I a citizen of the United States, and'a resident of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Heel-Attaching Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to ,heel attaching devices for shoes, and particularly for the attachment of spool or simllar heels to ladies shoes. Heretofore the methods of securing these heels required considerable time both in labor and in the time necessary for the shoe to remain in a, clamp before the heel became sufficiently fixed, and were furthermore subject to variation.

The peculiar shape of these shoes is such that the method heretofore employed would not enable a pressure to be exerted in a d1- rection at'right angles to the surface of attachment without lateral slippage of the heel, and very often heels would become strained and otherwise damaged during the 'ap lication of pressure.

t is an object of the present invention to rovide a device which will enable the hee to be secured quickly and witli the utmost degree of accuracy, and will furthermore permit of the convenient securing of the facing leather on the front surface of the heel, and its insertion beneath the ground engaging lift. It is further proposed to enable the insertion of a securing screw-through the sole into the heel while the same is in the securiro; device, to the end that the securing of the heel will be completed when the same is removed from the device as distinguished from the method heretofore in use, in which it was necessary that the heel be tacked to the seat after the cementing of the same in place.

It is also an object to provide a device which will exert pressure upon. theheel in a manner as to prevent lateral slippage, and without exerting any tortional strain upon the heel, and which will enable the shoe to be freely turned about a vertical axis during the operation of securing the heel so that the shoemaker may determine if the heel is trul aligned.

ith these and other objects in view an embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, and this embodiment will be hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and the in- .bodiment of my invention,-

vention will be finally pointed out and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device according to one embodiment of my invention, and showing a ladys low shoe or tie clamped there-in.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the upper clamping member taken partly in section along the'line 3-3 of Figure 1, and,

Figure 4 is a detail view partly in section, ShOWlIl the manner of inserting the end of the facing leather beneath the 11ft.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the-several fig ures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings more particularly to Figure 1, in which I show a complete device according to the present ema bracket 10 is provided comprising a vertically disposed portion mounted at 11 on a support 12, permitting universal movement of the bracket and having at its upper and lower ends laterally bent arms 10 and 10". The universal support may be of any suitable construction but preferably of the ball and socket type, as shown, adapted to be fixed in its position by set screw 13. v v

The upper arm 10 is provided at its end. with a vertically disposed threaded opening 14, in which is mounted an elongated pres: sure screw 15 having a handle 16 at its upper end.

The lower'arm 10 is rovided at its end with an upwardly exten mg ortion 17 bent laterally, as at 18, and provi ed with a circular screw threaded aperture 19 having its center in vertical alignment with the axis of the pressure screw 15.

The shoe A, to be heeled, is provided in usual manner with a last 20, provided, however, in the present invention with a hole 21 extending entirely therethrough, and having inserted in its outer end-a thimble oribush mg 22 shouldered and screw threaded at its projecting portion, as at 23 and 24, said thimble adapted to be engaged with the aperture 19 of the bracket, and secured by a nut 25 threaded thereon, the hole2l of the last being thereby disposed in axial alignment with the screw 15.

The upwardly extending arm 17 permits of bracket, the upper portion of the shoe extending downwardly about said extension.

For clearness sake Figure 1 of the drawings shows both the bracket and shoe in side elevation, that is, as shown, the longitudinal a high shoe also being inserted in the provided at the end 'of its upright portion with an annular channel 28 engaged by the set screw 29 provided in the end of the screw, said joint member adapted to freely turn about an axis coincident to that of the screw 15 and thimble 22. The cross piece of the joint member is engaged in a transversely disposed slot 30 provided at the upper surface of an arcuate clamping member 31, said connection being relatively close to the upper end of said clamping member. The said slot is provided with a longitudinal flared opening 32 in which is disposed the upright portion of the joint member, and which permits of its'swinging movement to a limited extent.

At the upper end of the-clamping member 31 there is connected by a transversely dis posed hinged joint 33, similar to that just described with reference to the connection of the pressure screw with the member 31, a laterally dis osed heel engaging plate 34, having a 1100 or flange portion 35 at its forward edge engaging over the front of the heel, and at itsportion contiguous with the hook or flange the under surface is beveled or inclined,v as at 36, from the remaining surface, which'is disposed in a horizontal plane, as at 37 this construction providing a space between the heel engaging plate and the forward portion of the heel to permit of the insertion, as will presently be more full pointed out, of the soler extension engaging the front face of the heel beneath the heel lift.

A pad 38, made slightly yieldable and such as not to mar or scratch the surface of the heel, and also to frictionally' grip the heel surface, either by covering the same with leather or other suitable means, is provided at the lower end of the clamping member 31, being connected as at 39, to the member 31 by a transversely disposed hinged joint, also similar in construction to the connection between the pressure screw and the member 31.

The ressure of the screw 15 is exerted in a vertical line, which, when continued throughthe shoe, will pass across the under out portion 40 of the heel, this line of pressure being perpendicular to the heel attachment surface of the sole so as to prevent lateral slippage of the heel. In order, howmg being in lines extending through the solid portion of the heel toward the central line of pressure. this pressure being such as to directly press the heel upon its seat and cause an adherence of the cement therebetween without lateral slippage. The said plate, by reason of its hinged connection engages firmly upon the heel lift during the application of pressure, while the pad 38 engages with a slightly yielding but positive hold upon the back of the heel and by in creasing the pressure a gradual and forceful pressing of the heel upon the seat results without danger of injury. to the'heel either through scratching or tortional strain.

The thin heel covering extension 41 of the sole is inserted beneath the heel lift, as indicated in Figured by raising the lift slightly with a suitable tool, the space afforded by the inclined surface 36 permitting this action.

By turning the shoe upon the vertical turning axis during the attachment of the heel and before the same has set, the shoemaker may, by sighting the heel, determine and place it in its true aligned position. T hereupon, and while the shoe is still clamped in the device, a screw hole 42 is drilled upwardly into the heel through the passage 21 of the last, and a holding screw ,43 is screwed therein to positively fix the heel to the shoe, and which, with the cementing of the heel, affords a most secure and reliable fastening.

The shoe may be removed from the device after the insertion of the screw, and the operation of fastening the heel is complete, as distinguished from those previous methods which require that the shoe remain in the clamp until the cement has set andthat nails be inserted in the heel after removal from the clamp.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory invention, but it is obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scope thereof.

What I claim is:

1. In a shoe heel attaching device, a single adjustment clamping means adapted to clamp the shoe and heel and apply,component lateral pressures to prevent strain upon the heel and producing a resulting pressure along a perpendicular line extending through the shoe and heel, and means emitting an a out ing member pivotall and hingedly connected to said screw, an adapted to engage the heel at each side of the pivot and hinged connection, and means adapted to engage the shoe in opposed relation to said screw, and having a turning axis coincident with the axis of said screw, said shoe adapted to be swung about said turning axis.

3. A shoe heel attaching device comprising clamping means adapted to clamp the shoe and heel and apply pressure along a perpendicular line extending through the shoe and heel, and including a pressure screw, a clamping member pivotally and hingedly connected to said screw, a heel engaging plate hingedly connected at one end of said member and adapted to engage the end of the heel, the other end of said member adapt ed to engage the rear surface of the heel, and means adapted to engage the shoein opposed relation to said screw. l

4. A shoe heel attaching device comprising clamping means adapted to clamp the shoe and heel and apply pressure along a perpendicular line extending through the shoe and heel, and including a pressure screw, a clamping member pivotally and hingedly connected to said screw, a heel engaging plate "hingedly connected at one end of said member having a beveled surface adjacent its forward edge adapted to provide a space screw.

between the surface of the heel and the surface of the plate, and means adapted to engage the shoe in opposed relation to said 5; In combination with a shoe1ast,the last having a passage at its heel portion extending therethrough', a thimble engaging said last at one end of said passage, having its axis coincident therewith and permitting turning movement of said last, clamping means engaging said thimble and engaging a shoe heel in opposed relation to said thimble, said passage and said thimble permitting the insertion of a screw. through they through the shoe and heel, .heel engagingmeans carried by the clamping means adapted to bear upon the heel at opposite sides of i said perpendicular line and apply component lateral pressures resulting in a pressure along said line, and means permitting lateral swingin movement of the shoe about said perpendicular line.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

JOSEPH F. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

-MAE FIRMERY, MAE E. CONVEY. 

